Monday 28 November 2011

Monday Memories 3

Now into 2001 and I had forgotten this next wee wallhanging until I was browsing thro my little record book. The reason I am posting it is because it reminded me so much of my Peeps project, turrets and pointy bits - this one was made from a panel for my niece Hope, for her 3rd birthday.(she is now 13!!)
 
My next project is in my book as being started in Spring 2000 and finished January 2001 - it was "T Shirt Memories" and made for favourite son. The basis of this quilt was outgrown t shirts from holidays, or brought back from foreign parts by his dad. My challenge was in unifying the pieces in some way as I cut small motifs from some and  great big squares from others. The small bits, I sashed, so I had blocks of a similar size, and I stabilised all the t shirt fabric with iron-on Vilene.(interfacing.
I remember being at Ingliston for a Quilt Show (March 2000), my first, oh and how I recall the fluttery excitement of seeing so many quilt traders.......anyway, my friend knew I was after some sashing to suit this quilt and came running up to me to say she'd seen some "boy" fabric and indeed it did suit very well. I also got some denim effect cotton too and a Debbie Mumm check for the borders.
This quilt became quite a recycled project, old t-shirts, and the backing was a cotton sheet but the unique feature is its wadding. I made use of an old wool blanket that had followed me from childhood, you know the sort of thing...I used it as a mattress cover for a while and then it lay forlorn in the airing cupboard for years. I dug it out for this quilt as it was single bed sized and imagine my surprise when I spied the label on one corner - it bore a wee picture of a sheep and the words 100% wool, made in Ayrshire. So this well travelled blanket had come home to Ayrshire via Edinburgh and Worcester and was in fact an Ayrshire blanket..
The quilting must have been quite challenging for me as this quilt is quite heavy, I did a mixture of dodgy fmq and some straight line quilting.

So, I harboured a notion that Stuart would take this quilt off to uni with him, like you read in all the American magazines but the reality is it still reside here, in my sewing room! However, favourite son is happy to have it draped across him on a cold night when he comes home for a visit.




11 comments:

  1. I'm really enjoying these posts and I love both the projects you've shared - the t-shirt/woolly blanket quilt is wonderful!

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  2. two great projects - that t-shirt quilt is amazing. It's one of those situations where he may not have it with him but I bet if you got rid of it (not that you would) there would be major league sulking all over the place and lots of 'how could you's!'

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  3. Such an interesting post, love hearing about your quilting journey. (ps I had a thing for Debbie Mumm too :-) my youngest has a Noah's ark quilt on his wall.)

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  4. The hanging is cute, and love that t-shirt quilt! Funnily enough, I collected most of my t-shirts at uni, I may need to make a king-sized one of these!

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  5. Loving all the memories wrapped up in the fantastic quilts you have made.

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  6. Great ideas - I would love to do something with all the kids' things one day (other than a bin bag, which is how I feel right now!). xxx

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  7. Oh I love your quilts. I am doing a t-shirt quilt right now. Well not exactly this moment. LOL. It is laying in wait. But I needed a bloggin' break. I love your Memory Monday. Is this a meme or linky? I think I'll go and write a Memory Monday post anyway. Come by and see me!
    Have a great week,
    Sherry

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  8. I am so enjoying your stories about your quilts!

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  9. I'm really enjoying these posts Sheila. It's interesting seeing your quilts and hearing the stories attached to them.

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  10. Love it! That's a real heirloom piece! All quilts should have a story to tell. Jxo

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